Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 830 Taiwan Air Battle ([-])

In Taiwan, with the support of the Japanese aircraft carrier, the originally one-sided air combat situation became complicated.

The Xuebing Army participated in the air strikes in Taiwan, either Xue 1 or the Air Fortress, and Xue 1 was responsible for the escort mission.

Since the "sink it" operation, the Japanese Navy has hated the Xuebing Army Air Force to the bone, so once it received Kobayashi Jinzao's request for help this time, Yamamoto 56 did not consider it at all, and sent the remaining two aircraft carriers of the United Fleet. After coming over, all fighter planes took off and fought desperately with the Air Force of the Xuebing Army.

Regarding the sinking of Akagi and Hiryu, when Yamamoto 56 summed up the reasons afterwards, he attributed it to the lack of intelligence.It is believed that the success was achieved precisely because the Xuebing Army seized the gap when the carrier-based aircraft left the ship and concentrated the superior fighters to attack. The "sink it" operation can be regarded as the greatest shame encountered since the establishment of the United Fleet. This not only greatly reduced the combat capability of the United Fleet, but also damaged the status of the Navy in the military department.Since accepting Mitsumasa Minai's entrustment to take over as commander of the United Fleet, Yamamoto 56 has been thinking of revenge all the time. For this reason, he has requested the emperor's audience more than once, hoping that Japan can build more aircraft carriers, so as to completely gain air superiority in the South China Sea. , and when it is possible to fight against Europe and the United States, it will not be defeated in one blow.

Yamamoto 56 has the experience of studying in the United States, and has a deep understanding of the strength of the United States. Therefore, he has paid more and more attention to the construction of aircraft carriers. Of course, at this time, the Japanese Navy still advocates battleships with strong ships and powerful guns, so , his suggestion has not received enough attention.

The "sink it" action is considered to have given Yamamoto 56 a chance to prove his point of view. Facing the superior aviation force, even if the battleship is equipped with more anti-aircraft guns, it can only be passively beaten, so it is impossible to talk about effective ground support on land. Therefore, the several battleships currently under construction in Japan may be transformed into aircraft carriers.

Yamamoto 56 has a solid network of contacts in the United States, which gave him the opportunity to learn about some things about the Xuebing Army in the United States, and also made him even more afraid of the Xuebing Army.In that time and space, the Sky Fortress appeared in the late World War II, but in this time and space, it appeared earlier, not only that, but also stood on the opposite side of Japan early, which is an opportunity for Yamamoto 56 and even Japan.In order to deal with this big guy, Japan's major aircraft manufacturers are developing targeted products to fulfill Commander Yamamoto's commission to them.

The activity area of ​​the Taiwan Corps of the Xuebing Army has been planned before landing. At present, the farthest is Nantou, and in the south of Taiwan, it is necessary to form a base area so that it can firmly take root on the island of Taiwan and let the Japanese take it. The idea of ​​an unsinkable aircraft carrier for South China fell through.

Yamamoto 56's retaliation against the Air Force of the Xuebing Army began during the Ningbo air battle. It was precisely because of the sudden appearance of the Canglong aircraft carrier that the Third Air Division was ambushed. Not only did the division commander Kong Xiangjun die in battle, but more than twenty The pilots were captured.For this reason, Ouyang Yun did not hesitate to dispatch a large number of Spike Special Forces, and finally rescued these pilots near Hangzhou.

This time Taiwan responded to the attack, Yamamoto 56 made a request before the war, demanding that the United Fleet Aviation Corps should capture at least one new fighter plane of the Xuebing Army at any cost.Unlike other Japanese military officers, Yamamoto 56 did not shy away from mentioning his own weaknesses.Since the end of the "Sink It" operation, he has realized that the fighter technology of the Xuebing Army has surpassed that of Japan.If Japan wants to maintain its air superiority over China for a long time, then the acquisition of symmetrical aircraft technology becomes the key.He originally wanted to buy it from the United States, but unfortunately, this proposal was only mentioned in the small circle of the navy, and it was opposed by almost everyone.The reason is that these naval officers do not think that the technology of the Great Japanese Empire will be inferior to that of the United States, which makes him have to recognize the reality and put his hope on capturing a fighter plane of the cadet army.

Destroying and capturing a fighter plane are two different concepts. It is easy to destroy, but it is too difficult to capture. However, considering that the student army is fighting far away from the mainland, this is not impossible.Yamamoto 56's specific instructions are: "Hold the opponent at sea, consume its fuel, so that the opponent can only make an emergency landing on the sea. At that time, our chance to capture the opponent will come."

This is an almost impossible task. After all, whether it is Learning 1 or Sky Fortress, their speed is much faster than the fastest Japanese plane.If the pilots of the Xuebing Army find that the fuel is insufficient, they can return home at a faster speed.However, for the devil aviation soldiers of the United Fleet that Yamamoto 56 blindly worships, they feel that as long as they work hard, they will be able to complete the tasks assigned by the commander.

Before the support of the Japanese Navy's joint fleet aircraft carrier squadron, the Air Force of the Xuebing Army completely controlled the air supremacy of southern Taiwan. fighter planes and about two brigades of air defense forces.

After the Japanese naval aviation joined the air combat, because the Japanese army had a numerical advantage, the Xuebing Army Air Force immediately fell into a passive situation.

The Air Force Command of the Xuebing Army has now been expanded into five divisions. Among them, there are 1 Xue-23 fighters. Among the 23, seven are under routine maintenance, so only 1 can participate in this support operation for the Taiwan Corps. shelf.A fighter cluster composed of sixteen Xue-1 fighters, under the premise that the pilots of both sides have equal skills, can completely fight against double the number of Japanese fighters and maintain an advantage.However, because of the need to protect the air fortress, in fact, Xue [-] fighters often need to serve as targets to attract Japanese firepower during air combat, so they cannot fully utilize their mobility advantages.

In terms of technology alone, the Air Force of the Xuebing Army has a huge advantage. Its concrete manifestation is that this time the pilot aircraft of the mixed fleet is equipped with radar and display screens on an air fortress driven by Xia Quanyong, the commander of the First Air Division. , and can ensure the intelligence sharing of the entire fleet through radio.

On the Japanese side, Major Hayoshino Ichiro, the ace pilot on the original Akagi aircraft carrier, was in charge of commanding this operation.

Hayoshino Ichiro has rich experience in air combat. After confirming the position of the enemy aircraft fleet, he commanded his own formation to encircle him from two directions in the northeast, and ordered the eastern formation to concentrate their firepower on attacking the sky fortress. The fleet took the opportunity to attack the Type 1 fighter.

Compared with Ouyang Yun's time and space, Xuebingjun's existing radar technology is still very backward. This is specifically reflected in the size of the radar, which directly caused the No. 108 Sky Fortress driven by Xia Quanyong to only carry a mere one and a half tons of bombs That's all.Of course, 108 originally played the role of the early warning aircraft of later generations, so its combat power can be completely ignored.

This airborne early warning radar newly developed by Xuebing R&D Institute has a maximum early warning radius of 80-120 kilometers. Therefore, when the Japanese aircraft fleet was still 10 minutes to half an hour away from them, Xia Quanyong had already spotted them.

He immediately notified all fighter planes of this information by radio, and at the same time asked the bomber fleet to complete the mission as soon as possible in order to return home. He said: "There are too many Japanese planes. In order to avoid excessive losses, we must return as soon as possible. Pay attention to the fortress, after finishing bombing, immediately ascend to the maximum air limit and return. Learner 1 pay attention, immediately throw away the bombs you carry, pay attention, even if you can’t blow up the target, it’s okay, but be careful to avoid putting it in densely populated places—— Except for Japanese settlements!"

"Sir, our fighter plane is more advanced than the devil's, why don't we do it well?! Sir, we want to avenge our division commander! This is a good opportunity!" It was a pilot of the Third Air Division who said this. The third division suffered a lot in the last air raid on Ningbo. What the pilots of the third air division especially hated was that their division commander was actually beaten to death by the little devil.Therefore, they think about avenging their master all the time, so once they see the Japanese plane, they are full of blood and have a strong will to fight.

Xia Quanyong understood their feelings. He said: "We will definitely avenge Master Kong's revenge, but not today. The little devil has too many fighter planes, and we have to protect the bombers. It can be said that the chances of winning are extremely low. Brothers, remember the commander-in-chief Is it our precepts? Every fighter plane we fly, including ourselves, is the most precious property of the cadet army, and it is not allowed to engage in dangerous games unless it is a last resort. Brothers, you have the courage to be outnumbered And determination is good, but don't forget our mission this time. Our mission is to support the Taiwan Corps, not to fight with the little devil's naval aviation. The devil's aviation on Taiwan Island has been almost beaten by us. Now, I order you to aim to complete the next bombing and return quickly, brothers, prepare to fight!"

After Xia Quanyong said these words, he immediately drove the 108 to a Japanese military fortification that he had identified for a long time. Then, after discarding the bombs on the plane, he immediately raised the fighter plane to the maximum height, and then began to direct the Type 1 fighter plane. Fight the Japanese plane.

"1302, 1305, your goal is 337, you must hit 337, it is too close to 120."

The Air Fortress of the Xuebing Army is technically different from the L-19 of the United States, especially the two recently produced, which can be said to have significantly improved performance, and its specific performance is the maximum air limit.For example, the 108 driven by Xia Quanyong has a maximum air limit of 26000 meters. Of course, at that altitude, the 108 may be in danger of malfunctioning at any time.After all, during the test flight, due to safety considerations, Tie Linfei did not dare to fly to this altitude.

The Japanese planes rushed over from the waters of the Taiwan Strait, because they happened to be blocked on the return route of the Xuebing Army aircraft fleet, so the seemingly twenty-and-a-half-minute to half-hour voyage was actually due to the return flight of the Xuebing Army fighter planes. , After about 6 minutes, the two sides met.

The two fighter clusters of the Japanese aircraft immediately launched an attack on the fighter cluster of the Xuebing Army according to the previous arrangement. Under the command of Xia Quanyong, the Xuebing 1 fighter planes faced it calmly.

(End of this chapter)